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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Spring is just days away but winter is not leaving quietly.
Just as the trees started blooming and the birds started chirping, another round of snow and ice was bearing down Sunday on the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic. Snow was expected by Monday afternoon from the Central Appalachians to the Jersey Shore, making the morning commute treacherous for motorists.
Parts of eastern West Virginia, central and west-central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley could see up to 10 inches of snow. Smaller accumulations were expected in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Parts of Southern Virginia and North Carolina braced for a slippery mix of rain, sleet and snow.
"Travel will be dangerous. It's a late-season storm but we can't let our guard down," said Amy Bettwy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's office in Sterling, Va.
A band of snow fell across Iowa on Saturday evening, following a warm and sunny day. The Des Moines area received about an inch of snow.
Rain and thunderstorms were expected in the Southeast, some of which could be strong.
In Alabama, authorities were investigating whether straight line winds or a tornado led to the collapse of a building in Atmore. A group of campers stranded during heavy rainfall in the Prattville area was rescued. No injuries were reported in either incident.
Five adults and seven children were camping on high ground near the Pine Creek when rain flooded the area surrounding them. They were rescued in about 15 minutes, Prattville Fire Department Capt. Mike Rogers told the Montgomery Advertiser.
Winter's return follows several days of spring-like temperatures. With spring officially starting Thursday, people weary of shoveling snow are hoping that the latest storm will be winter's final encore.
Ricardo Contreras, an upholsterer from Harrisburg, Pa., said he was tired of the winter and had no plans to shovel whatever might fall overnight.
"I'll just let it melt by itself," Contreras said.
Engineer Bill Bingham, heading into the West Shore Plaza in Lemoyne, Pa., for Sunday breakfast, said he was most looking forward to playing some golf for the first time in many months.
"I really like the winter, but I'm done with the snow now," Bingham said. "I'm ready for spring."
Richard Windsor of Jackson, N.J., said he was not that impressed by the new storm system. Several previous storms this season dropped 10 or more inches of snow in the state.
"With the winter we've had, I'm not worried about an inch or two of snow," Windsor said as he gassed up his sport utility vehicle on Sunday morning. "I figure if I made it through the stronger storms, I can handle this."
Temperatures in many areas are expected to be in tune with spring by Thursday. But forecasters cannot say whether winter will finally end. Bettwy said snowstorms are typical through March.
Associated Press writers Grant Schulte in Des Moines, Iowa; Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa.; Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, N.J.; and Phillip Lucas in Atlanta, Ga., contributed to this report.


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November 5, 2012
David Ortiz contributed to this article.
Bill Maher, like his counterpart Rush Limbaugh, is not a comedian. He is a radical Democrat activist. Maher and HBO continually pass off his racially divisive and demeaningly stereotypical commentary as political satire. It is designed to inflame Democrats and further exacerbate and expand the false left-right paradigm the establishment exploits every election season in order to steer the outcome.
"If you're thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, I would like to make this one plea: black people know who you are and they will come after you," Maher said last week. It apparently did not occur to Maher or HBO that this is the sort of behavior used by the Nazis and communists against their political enemies.
Maher's comment, however, was not a threat, but simply another attempt to inject division and polarization into the election. He is cynically pandering to heavily indoctrinated Democrats who believe Republicans are akin to Dickensian neanderthals determined to bring the entitlement state cherished by Democrats to its knees (despite the fact Republicans have supported entitlements for decades) and instinctively work to disenfranchise black people and other minorities.
Bill Maher has made a career out of espousing such derogatory and stereotypical comments about black Americans. They should denounce him as a foul-mouthed instigator and Democrat operative.
Black Americans, in fact all Americans regardless of color or gender, should reject both parties out of hand and understand that the establishment will do whatever is necessary to make certain voters do not vote for real change of the sort offered by Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and libertarians and constitutionalists.
The Democrat-Republican one party system is the political arm of the elite and their banking and corporate structure of economic and ultimately social domination. Bill Maher is a handsomely paid shill on the Democrat "left" side of that scheme. It is his job to make sure black people vote for Obama. On the other side of the paradigm, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans warn the faithful about the threat of a Obama victory and call for Romney's victory.
A few examples of Maher's foul-mouth commentary follow:
If Obama was a "real" black president, he would be a criminal with a gun:
"How many Muslims does a black guy have to kill in one weekend before crackers climb down off his ass?"
In December, 2010, Maher told CNN: "I thought when we elected the first black president, as a comedian, I thought that two years in that I'd be making jokes what a 'gangsta' he was. You know. And not that he's President Wayne Brady, you know, I thought we were getting Suge Knight." See the video here.
Suge Knight is the founder of Death Row Records. He is a convicted felon who has served two prison terms for assault and drug offenses.
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The first trailer for stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me has gone online. Birbiglia both directed and starred in the piece which tells the tale of a struggling comedian who faces a career slump and a failing relationship, amidst increasingly dangerous bouts of sleepwalking. Fans of Birbiglia will recognize some of his signature jokes from his stand-up act by the same name. It's at once a humorous and touching tale that features the comedians signature Birbiglian style. Sleepwalk with Me, also starring Lauren Ambrose, Kristen Schaal, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane , Cristin Milioti, Aya Cash, Lucy DeVito and David Wain, opens August 24th. Hit the jump to view the trailer.
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"I'm going to tell you a story and it's true… I always have to tell people that," so asserts comedian-turned-playwright-turned-filmmaker Mike Birbiglia directly to the viewer at the outset of his autobiographically inspired, fictional feature debut. Birbiglia wears his incisive wit on his sleeve while portraying a cinematic surrogate. We are thrust into the tale of a burgeoning stand-up comedian struggling with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship threatening to race out of his control, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Based on the successful one-man show, SLEEPWALK WITH ME engages in the kind of passionate and personal storytelling that transfigures intimate anguish into comic art. Produced and co-written by Ira Glass (NPR's "This American Life"), SLEEPWALK WITH ME features a stellar supporting cast that includes Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under"), Carol Kane (Taxi), James Rebhorn (Meet the Parents), Cristin Milioti ("30 Rock"), and a sampling from the who's who of today's stand-up scene. Bursting with sincerity, Mike Birbiglia's foray into the medium marks the invigorating emergence of a strong and poignant American voice, at once hilarious and heartbreaking.


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Security of explosives
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Security of explosives
The Commission has identified a number of security measures for explosives, detonators, bomb-making equipment and firearms with the aim of ensuring the security of citizens by reducing and eliminating the possibility of their misuse. These measures concern the storage, transportation, production and detection of explosives, and are designed to encourage cooperation between the parties concerned, in particular industry, the Member States and Europol.
Communication of the Commission of 18 July 2005 on measures to ensure greater security of explosives, detonators, bomb-making equipment and firearms [COM(2005) 329 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
The Commission Communication provides for the adoption of storage, transportation and traceability measures for explosives at all stages of the supply chain. The ultimate goal remains the fight against terrorism and, in particular, preventing explosives from falling into the hands of terrorists.
The Communication calls for greater coordination between the parties concerned: manufacturers of, and traders in, explosives, experts from Europol and SitCen, national experts from the Member States, the Commission and the Council Terrorism Working Party. The Commission is also considering setting up an expert group tasked with preparing an EU Plan to enhance the security of explosives and firearms.
The Communication concerns commercial explosives, homemade explosives and demilitarised explosives, which present a major risk since they are normally not marked. The measures proposed by the Commission concern several stages of the supply chain from production to commercialisation.
Storage of explosives
The Seveso II Directive regulates the storage of explosives, and in particular the security of establishments where dangerous substances are present. The Commission has decided to carry out an analysis of the consequences of possible intentional adversary acts, deliberate major accidents and measures to prevent them. It will also recommend that Member States take initiatives to improve the security of all companies and personnel responsible for or dealing with high-risk dangerous goods
Transportation of explosives and other dangerous goods (TDG)
In April 2004 the Commission adopted Decision 2004/388/EC, which harmonises the requisite information and procedures to be followed for the transfer of explosives between Member States. In this Communication, the Commission calls for:
Production, commercialisation and traceability of explosives
The harmonisation of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses is dealt with in Council Directive 93/15/EEC. In the light of the increased terrorist threat, the Commission is considering adopting new practice:
The Commission has also suggested assessing the cost-benefit of marking explosives with an electromagnetic code.
As regards the trade in fertilisers, the Commission is considering amending Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 so that ammonium nitrate fertiliser can be sold only to authorised persons and against proof that it will be used for solely agricultural purposes. The Commission also proposes exploring arrangements whereby traders in explosives can be required to report any suspicious transactions.
Detection of explosives and detonators
To facilitate detection of explosives, the Commission proposes:
The Commission calls for detonators to be made easier to detect. To reduce the risk of theft or non-detection of detonators, the Commission has asked the Joint Research Centre to come up with measures to enhance detectability.
Law enforcement cooperation in the field of explosives and fire-arms
The Commission emphasises that solutions must be found for the identified shortcomings in terms of human resources, techniques and materials used to detect, examine and neutralise improvised and non-conventional explosive devices within the EU. Europol, which manages a database on explosive devices used by terrorist and criminal organisations, should encourage European law enforcement services, and in particular their Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Units, and the Commission, to make use of it. The Commission also envisages the following measures:
Several initiatives have already been adopted with the aim of improving law enforcement cooperation in the fight against illicit firearms. Europol is currently looking into the possibility of tracing illicit firearms. For its part, the Commission is considering the possibility of laying down common standards for the reporting of seized or recovered firearms used for crime, or firearms that have been diverted, lost or stolen.
The Commission will present a proposal for a Council regulation on an import/export licensing system for firearms by 2007. This regulation will incorporate Article 10 of the UN Protocol on the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts, components and ammunition into Community law. To that end, the Commission will also propose amendments to Directive 91/477/EEC.
Investing in research and technological development
A European Security Research Programme is to be launched in 2007. Meanwhile, under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, the Commission has launched a call for research proposals on nanotechnological approaches for improved security systems, including detectors for explosives.
Following the terrorist bombings in Madrid on 11 March 2004, the European Council, in its Declaration of 25 March 2004, recognised the need to starve terrorists of the tools of their trade. Ensuring public safety by reducing and eliminating the scope for misusing explosives and firearms has become a priority. Accordingly, the Hague Programme - "Strengthening freedom, security and justice in the EU" - calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to improve security in connection with the storage and transportation of explosives and to ensure the traceability of industrial and chemical precursors.
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Britain's Foreign Office summoned a senior Iranian diplomat over comments made Friday by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a Foreign Office spokesman said.
Charge d'Affaires Safar Ali Eslamian Koupei was told by a senior official that "Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei's comments about Britain were unacceptable and not based on fact," the spokesman said.
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Louisiana State Police Capt. Doug Cain says 47-year-old Scott Thrower died Friday at a hospital, a day after the blast at the plant.
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Cumberbatch's star has gone supernova since Sherlock bowed two years ago (our verdict then: he had a name and cheekbones bound for glory), becoming especially well-known to science fiction and fantasy aficionados. Both he and Sherlock co-star Martin Freeman, who plays partner-in-crime-fighting Dr. John Watson, appear in Peter Jackson's upcoming Hobbit adaptations (as the voice of the dragon Smaug and Bilbo Baggins, respectively), and Cumberbatch also has a villainous part to play in J.J. Abrams' buzzed-about second Star Trek reboot.
Moffat still does does double duty as Doctor Who head writer and producer. He co-created Sherlock with his Whovian partner-in-crime Mark Gatiss (who does a sort of triple duty as a writer while filling the polished shoes of Sherlock's enigmatic, umbrella-happy older brother Mycroft). Moffat and Gatiss pitched each other ideas for a present-day reimagining of literature's most famous consulting detective on frequent rail-trips between London and Cardiff that we can only wish were gaslit.
Sherlock resets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian sleuths to a contemporary, tech-drenched London with a discerning eye on our modern anxieties, mysteries and machinery. A top-notch cast, smartly aware scripts with constant nods to the source material and ever-increasing plot stakes made the first season a resounding success — these elements have all aged well in the second. Sherlock has met with positive acclaim, huge audience numbers and found a diverse following. Its fandom, ever flourishing, is one of the most devotedly productive on the internet.
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If there ever was a day for eating pre-made foods, it's the Super Bowl Sunday. Order a platter of wings; buy some chips and salsa, arrange around on plates, and serve. Sure, you could make your own everything from scratch, but this is the day made for lounging, lazing, drinking, eating, and watching others do the running around.
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After 57 years of service and two refits, Stingray's power over yachtsmen exceeds reason.
I quote Merriam-Webster: pa-ti-na: "a surface appearance of something grown beautiful, especially with age or use." Patina may be the warmly familiar visage and personality of an old friend; the smoothed edges of the gold signet ring that hasn't left your finger in 30 years; the subtly hollowed treads of your yacht's companionway ladder. Patina in its many guises touches one's soul, making the wearer all the more precious. That's how Stingray seduced me on a sunny and breezy day in Ft. Lauderdale.
Stingray, the 56-foot gentleman's motoryacht designed in 1962 and '63 by C. Raymond Hunt and built in 1964 by the Wharton Shipyard in Jamestown, Rhode Island, (now Jamestown Boat Yard), wears her patina the way a veteran of World War II wears his uniform in a Memorial Day parade. Although she suffered periods of neglect during her 49 years of service, good fortune has smiled on her more often than not. Each of her two major refits left her character intact.
She's the only example built to these lines and has carried her christened name continuously since the first launching. Peter Boyce, senior designer at C. Raymond Hunt Associates, told me that office's staff and many other knowledgeable folks consider Stingray to be one of the handsomest examples of Hunt's work. Her low profile, sweeping sheer line and pale-yellow topsides snatch and hold your attention in much the same way a magician corrals his audience.
Stingray's superstructure pleases our eyes on three levels—the forward and after trunk cabins; the saloon; and the pilothouse—because all of the elements work together for the benefit of the whole aesthetic. Rectangular portlights in the sides of her two trunk cabins anchor the ends of the superstructure. Both are about the same height and use teak handrails and eyebrows, like makeup, to tantalize us even more. The large windows just forward of amidships share angles with those in the front of the trunk cabin and saloon and the pilothouse windshield. Although the superstructure appears a little cluttered, compared with contemporary motoryachts, this was the style of the day. Wood construction and the practical use of interior space dictated the look, as much as anything. It's unpretentious—absolutely refreshing—and a clue to the sort of ambience that awaits us inside.
As soon as I stepped onto the swim platform—which was not part of her in 1964—and looked into the cockpit, I felt the yacht's warmth. This sort of tug defies resistance, so I walked forward and descended the steep companionway ladder to the master stateroom. "Cozy" is the best single-word description of the space. In Stingray's original incarnation, this cabin had a single berth on each side. Now, a queen-size berth occupies the port side, and a settee opposite may do double duty as a single berth. Drawers fill the area beneath each one.
Unusually wide teak planks pave the cabin sole and radiate a rich honey glow. When I looked more closely, I noticed tiny irregularities in the fit of each plank to its neighbor. No flaw this—it's merely evidence of the natural expansion and contraction of a wooden boat and the thousands of footfalls the sole endured. The head is forward of the settee and seems small by modern standards, but it's human size and perfectly usable—cozy like the stateroom. Walls are painted white, and the trim and cabinetry are matte-finish teak. I loved the shower's stainless steel pan—so 1964 and nearly indestructible.
Based on the notion that Stingray is a gentleman's yacht, one of her most endearing features has to be the slant-top desk built into the master stateroom's forward bulkhead. The desk has four drawers below the fold-down work surface and two bookshelves above. Original bronze pulls in a shell motif grace each drawer, and glass-panel doors guard an eclectic array of books above. I had no trouble envisioning said gentleman seated at the desk writing a note to his lover to meet him aboard close onto midnight of the day he made port.
Forward and up a few steps is the pilothouse. No self-respecting mariner could argue with its superb sightlines. Large windows all around—glass at the helm and clear vinyl elsewhere—generously wash the area with natural light. Panels of the soft enclosure roll up or down to suit the weather, and when the temperature heads for the stratosphere, the recently installed air conditioner keeps heads cool.
A thick six-spoke steering wheel made of teak dominates the helm. Holding it lightly in my hands as I guided Stingray south toward Miami in beam seas of 2- to 4-feet made me feel like a proper ship's captain. The barrel-back captain's chair sits atop a slim polished-metal pedestal. It's not as comfortable as a modern Stidd, for example, but such a chair would look silly at this classic helm. Cabinets, one on each side of the centerline wheel, stow all the items the helmsman normally will need on an extended cruise. A conventional navigation station nestles into the portside corner of the helm. In keeping with Stingray's vintage, this nav area has flat stowage for paper charts and enough square footage atop the lid to spread those charts and plot a course.
Anyone who's paper chart challenged will be happy to use the modern electronics tastefully arranged in cabinets hanging from the overhead just above eye level. These conveniences nearly disappeared from sight and consciousness when I saw the chrome-plated mechanism that opens and closes the center section of the windshield. Even Blurge Brown, my captain for the day, fell under the spell of this throwback. A small wheel, mounted forward and to the right of the steering wheel, turns a long fore-and-aft shaft. Via a tiny gearbox, the input shaft engages the output shaft—oriented athwartships—and it opens and closes the window through an elegant linkage. The mechanism made me think of the commuter yachts of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
As you'd expect of a proper cruising yacht, the pilothouse has a berth and a settee, port side aft. The pilot berth provides the standby watch a comfortable place to sleep on overnight passages, and the settee gives guests a chance to monitor the progress or simply chat with the skipper.
Choosing a favorite spot aboard Stingray was impossible. I discovered this after descending the stairs on the starboard side of the house and stepping into the saloon. Four big windows light the space and when the sun is shining, the teak sole and white overhead cast a remarkably happy brightness. Next to eating breakfast in the cockpit, I can't think of a better location to take the morning repast than in the saloon. The galley lives at the after end adjacent to the companionway, and the entire saloon is small enough to hold the sweet smell of brewing espresso, piquant odor of frying bacon and rich scent of warm buttered baguettes. After breakfast, I'd stretch out on the L-shaped settee and read while I sipped a second double espresso.
Right forward of the saloon, a smallish cabin, with over/under berths to starboard and a head opposite, welcomes guests. Crew's quarters fill the eyes of the boat. Teak trim and white ceilings contribute to the homey atmosphere in these cabins. Hatches and portlights keep them from imitating the ambience of a bomb shelter.
The ultimate barometer of any yacht's value lies in her performance, and Stingray lived up to her Hunt pedigree. Her bottom's steep entry transitions to a deadrise of 22 degrees at the leading edge of the planing surface (approximately amidships) and maintains that angle from there to the transom. A quartet of strakes on each side of the bottom increase lift and suppress spray, especially as they rise out of the water in the forward sections. Substantial flare in the bow keeps green water off the decks, but Stingray still ships her share of spray over the foredeck and trunk cabin in quartering winds.
Stingray chuckles at rough seas, slicing them into submission without disturbing the crew. In the beam seas we experienced, she rolled more than a beamier deep-V does, but the motion diminished as speed increased. Deep-V hulls rely on dynamic stability in these conditions and nowadays benefit from wide chine flats, which Stingray lacks. The tide, ebbing against the onshore wind, stacked up the seas as we headed east for a stretch, but Stingray made short work of those. I suggested that we head to Bimini, the boat felt so confident and secure, but my idea received a two-to-one veto.
BROKER: Jonathan Chapman,
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Gentleman's yacht indeed—the comforting warmth of her patina combined with modern engines, electronics and appliances invite long cruises to nowhere in particular.
The Boat
Layout Diagram
Back to Basics C. Raymond Hunt's original specs (top) were not followed to the letter when she was launched (above, middle), but a Brooklin Boat Yard refit (above) brought her closer.
Wharton Shipyard built Stingray of double and triple diagonal wood planking, but Peter Boyce of C. Raymond Hunt Associates said that the yard ignored Ray Hunt's scantlings. His construction drawings specified sawn frames rabbeted into a substantial keelson, which would have created a stiff, strong and lightweight hull. The yard skimped on the keelson and used steam-bent ribs. During the most recent refit (2010-2011) at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, Maine, she received a new longitudinal girder, stiffening the hull to match, or exceed, Hunt's original specs. Four laminated mahogany stringers running the full length of the bottom further stiffen the hull and serve as engine beds. At her first major refit at Renaissance Yachts in Thomaston, Maine (1989-1990), she received a layer of Bruynzeel mahogany plywood strips set in epoxy resin. For all intents and purposes, she's a composite structure.
The Test
Conditions During Boat Test
Seas: 2-4'; wind: 10-15 knots
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This article originally appeared in the July 2013 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Fame and Fortune
This story appears in the November 2002 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
You wouldn't guess by looking at me that I have something major in common with Sammy Sosa and Pete Sampras-but we've all been endorsers or celebrity spokespeople for Nortel Networks. While I've never been able to hit a baseball or serve an ace, as a small-business expert and author, I can drive home key messages that resonate with business owners, a skill Nortel Networks has put to good use.
Typically, star athletes command endorsement fees in the millions, but other spokespeople, such as authors and industry experts, have considerably less stratospheric rates. So while your budget probably doesn't include a national ad campaign featuring a superstar, there are excellent, lower-cost ways your growing business can increase its visibility using a celebrity or expert spokesperson.
Creating a marketing program using an outside endorser draws attention to your message and confers credibility. It's what I call the "made you look" factor. Your choice of a spokesperson should be based on your message and target audience. And there's a wide range of academics, authors, athletes, actors, association leaders and experts available for your events, retail promotions and public relations tours.
Draw a Crowd
To really stand out at your next trade or consumer show, use a celebrity or expert to draw traffic to your booth. For about $2,000 to $5,000, you can bring in a retired athlete, a local celebrity or a popular author. Say your company decides to exhibit at a trade show. You could invite an author to hand out free copies of his or her latest book to the first 100 people who visit the booth. In return, you'd get the opportunity to meet hundreds of potential new customers.
If you're a retailer, you can follow the same principle to bring traffic to your store. Just promote the event using space in your regular advertising, then send releases to the press and special invitations to your customers.
Make News
Public relations media tours are an affordable way to reach millions of customers in a highly credible news format. A radio media tour consists of a series of five- to eight-minute telephone interviews with your spokesperson. Qualified booking companies, such as North American Network Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, offer all-inclusive rates based on the number of interviews scheduled. They book the stations, write the press release, send media kits, moderate and tape the interviews, and provide a comprehensive report. A three-hour satellite radio tour with approximately 15 interviews would cost just under $5,000, plus your celebrity representative's fees, which can range from $8,000 to $10,000 for the interview time and endorsement.
There will also be fees for message development and any consulting or writing work your spokesperson may do. But the costs are reasonable in relation to the audiences reached-as spokesperson for Sprint, I did a major radio tour that yielded 18 million impressions. I also did a tour for eBay's Business and Industrial Products that reached more than 6 million listeners.
DWJ Television in Ridgewood, New Jersey, specializes in satellite TV media tours and offers similar services. For tours shot in a studio, the two-hour cost for a dozen interviews is $15,000, plus your spokesperson's fees.
Your broadcast spokesperson should work with you to develop a "news hook" so you'll gain the most interviews possible. You should expect your company to receive at least one or two mentions per interview, and the spokesperson must be adept at bringing interviewers back to the key messaging points no matter what questions are asked. He or she should have excellent on-air skills, be unflappable, and be able to deliver the same message in different ways, once every 10 minutes for several hours.
To find a celebrity spokesperson, visit hollywood-madison.com. For a technical expert, author or academic, visit a site designed for journalists, www.profnet.com.
Have your marketing campaigns been less than successful lately? Signing up with a Web-based service such as Respond Networks can be helpful in matching buyers with your business's products or services.
All you have to do is provide some information about what your company offers, then sit back as targeted pre-qualified buyers' leads are sent to you via e-mail. You can even set up filters or establish special offers to customize the service.
For more information, contact Respond Networks or any of its open network affiliates, such as Lawyers.com, Lycos or Verizon; a full list of contacts is also available online. Price: $30 per month, plus various per-response fees that range from 50 cents to $5.
-Steve Cooper


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I'm afraid I don't quite understand you. Could you be more specific, or write a sentence or two about it?
Student or Learner
Hello. I have a question as regards formal writing:
Imagine you want to write a letter offering services, and you want to point out the position you occupy in the company, how would you express it?
You wouldn't use the words "character" or "condition" as we do in Spanish right?
I'm afraid I don't quite understand you. Could you be more specific, or write a sentence or two about it?
Can you write down what you meant to say and then maybe we can change what needs changing?
In what way do you want to talk about "character" or "condition"? What exactly are you trying to say about your position and occupation at the company?
It is my pleasure to address you in my character of General Director of the International Festival San Luis cine...
thanks a lot!
I've been having some hard time trying to translate this letter...it's actually badly written in its original language...could you help me out? What corrections would you make? Thanx
Dear Sir/Madam:
As General Director of the International Festival of San Luis Cine, it is my pleasure to write to you to invite this Institution to participate in our Festival, which is to take place in San Luis city from November 16 to November 25 2007, counting with competitive sections of main films, documentaries and short movies.
San Luis is a province characterized by its firm support of cultural manifestations, where cinema plays a prominent role. Therefore, there is an especial effort dedicated to its development. This is the context in which this new challenging project has been conceived. Its main aim is to generate a meeting place and starting point to stimulate friendship bonds among those who share the same vocation. Our exhibition of short films aspires to contribute to the development of productive relations among young people from Argentina and the rest of the world so as to exchange creative and technical experiences and, at the same time, be able to win the incentive prize of U$S 5.000 for the winner short film.
To be able to participate you should send us 4 (four) short films on DVD, which should be no longer than 10 minutes in length, before August 15 to be selected by a committee who will determinate its participation in the competition.
We thank you in advance for your kind attention, and please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any further information.
Yours faithfully,
You have been so helpful! Your corrections were great. Thanks for your time
You're welcome!


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Remember that cool trick you could do with silly putty by pressing the sticky substance onto newspaper and making your own print? Well, TheCheeky's $550 titanium wedding ring is kind of like that, except terrifying: the band has the words "I'M MARRIED" engraved on the inside, ostensibly so wannabe cheaters will never be able to escape the clutches of their betrothed.
From the website:
...We have created this wedding ring for people intent on cheating. The negative engraving on the inside means that when you are in the 'Club' and an attractive woman…or man comes along to chat, slipping your wedding ring off is not an option. The mark left on your skin says…'I'm Married.'
You know what's also an option? Trusting your spouse! Or wearing another ring to cover up your sorta-temporary tattoo. Just saying.
Anti-cheating ring brands I'M MARRIED into the flesh of your finger [BoingBoing]
(Image via The Cheeky)


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#RSL Tweets of the Day (@RealSaltLake)
Safe travels, #RSL Nation ... You guys sang loud with #PRIDE and inspire us in all the ways you… http://instagram.com/p/hqhIr-MFZm/
SeBasTian VeLasQueZ @TiaN_Futbol
I'm At Lost Of Words But What I Can Say Is That I Love This Team And Our Fans,Thanks For All The Support. Proud Of This Team.
Damn proud of these players, this organization, and our supporters. Couldn't be more proud to wear claret & cobalt. #RSLFamily #Believe
Front page of today's @sltrib following last night's epic penalty-kick shootout in MLS Cup. pic.twitter.com/xgizU8Xs3V
Congratulations to @RealSaltLake on a tremendous year. RSL fans provided tremendous support tonight and throughout the entire season.
Tough end, but what an awesome season. Proud to be a small part of such a special team, front office and family. #RSL
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Jurisdiction. The topic sounds technical and boring. But it is a central idea in American constitutional law and the key to the power the federal courts do—or do not hold—over people, property, life, death, and torture.
Last December, the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 became law, putting Congress on record as prohibiting "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment" of American captives. But an amendment, added through a compromise by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Carl Levin, purports to limit the courts' jurisdiction to enforce that proposition. Graham-Levin (as it is known) is the troubling underbelly of the DTA—providing that "No court, justice or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider" applications for habeas corpus or "any action against the United States" brought by aliens detained at Guantanamo Bay. Left open are narrow routes to the courthouse, available only after people have been dealt with by the special military procedures the president established after 9/11. Thereafter, they can go to only the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has the discretion to refuse to hear them. In short, the amendment is aimed at limiting detainees' access to courts.
Graham-Levin does not explain what is to happen to people detained at Guantanamo and protesting that the military commissions violate U.S. law, or to people the government has not classified or tried, or to those who say they are mistreated. But within days of the passage of the DTA, the federal government relied on the bill to seek dismissals of some 160 lower-court cases involving detainees at Guantanamo. And the government has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the pending case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, challenging the legality of subjecting individuals to trials (and sentences including the death penalty) in the commission system created by the president. Yesterday, Hamdan's lawyers filed their brief disputing that position.
Two questions, one statutory and the other constitutional, are now before the court. The first problem is how to make sense of the DTA, with its confusing subparts. Interpreting Graham-Levin as not applying to pending questions would be one way to avoid the larger, constitutional question: Can Congress—if it used the right language—really shut off access to courts? What about the idea of an independent judiciary? Constitutional commitments to separation of powers? The due-process clause? The right to petition for redress? Equal protection? And the ancient writ of habeas corpus?
These questions have a new saliency but are as old as the United States. They are the product of debate by the Constitution's framers, who decided that some kind of national court system was needed but had different views on how much of a system to create. They compromised as they wrote Article III—the part of the Constitution dedicated to the federal courts—by providing that the "judicial Power … shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
While the Constitution gives the Supreme Court the role of being a court of first instance when cases affect "Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the State shall be a party," Article III notes that the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction is subject to "such Exceptions and under such Regulations, as the Congress shall make."
How do all these words cash out? For some legal scholars, the answer is that Congress has plenary power over the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the entire lower federal judiciary. But other readers, relying on an "internal" approach—based on a close reading of the words and punctuation of Article III—say the best way to make sense of the six paragraphs creating the judiciary is to see congressional power as more limited. For example, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, writing in the 1800s and looking at the part of Article III specifying that the "judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution" believed that it meant jurisdiction automatically vested in some federal court. The words "shall" and "all" were too important to ignore. Others have argued that the Constitution's mention of congressional power to make "exceptions and regulations" would be incoherent without some minimal jurisdiction for courts. And why would the Constitution specify how to select judges and protect their salaries and tenure if they could be left with no jurisdiction through acts of Congress?
Move from parsing Article III's words to what constitutional scholars call the "external constraints"—that is, other parts of the Constitution, which Congress cannot violate. The Equal Protection Clause, for example, instructs Congress not to give jurisdiction only to people of certain races or ethnicities. Similarly, the constitutional guarantee of the writ of habeas corpus permits suspension only upon findings of "Rebellion" or "Invasion" or if public safety requires it. And due-process guarantees speak to the idea that some court—state or federal—with independent decision-makers must be available to hear claims of right.
Move even further now, beyond the specifics of any clauses of the Constitution, to "structural" arguments. The Constitution created three branches of government and committed itself (and us) to a system of separated powers, checking, balancing, and not encroaching. The words endowing one branch with power should not be read to undermine the essential function of another branch. The structure of the three coequal branches thus makes implausible the idea that Congress could give no funds to the federal courts or close all the facilities, or end all the lower courts' jurisdiction.
Such painstaking debates have done more than provide the grist for law professors to get tenure. Article III is the text that framed Marbury v. Madison, the 1803 decision by Chief Justice John Marshall establishing the power of judicial review. Unlike the jurisdiction-stripping parts of the DTA, Marbury turned on whether Congress could give the Supreme Court more original jurisdiction that the Constitution detailed; Marshall ruled that Congress could not.
The court faced a variant of the question during the Civil War, when the issue was not giving more but taking away jurisdiction. Congress tried to stop the Supreme Court in the 1860s from ruling on the constitutionality of the Reconstruction. A newspaper editor, William H. McCardle, who was a vehement objector, challenged his detention by the military command. As the case was pending, Congress plucked it from the court by repealing the legislative basis on which the Supreme Court had taken the case. The court upheld that repeal while noting that other routes to justice were open. A few other odd-lot precedents exist. One 19th-century case refused to permit Congress to overturn the court's interpretation of a presidential pardon relating to loyalty to the Union. Another, after World War II, found that no jurisdiction existed for prisoners of war to bring habeas petitions in the United States. Generally, these and other opinions are fact-specific, focused on the nitty gritty of individual statutes and the facts. Moreover, many are dated, decided before the court had announced a host of individual rights and liberties.
During the second half of the 20th century, as federal courts that had once protected corporations and property came to recognize the rights of African-Americans, women, and criminal defendants, members of Congress would routinely register objections by proposing to take jurisdiction over some set of cases away. While limitations on certain kinds of remedies (injunctions against unions, or against state rate-making) were imposed, most of these bills did not pass. Law professors used proposed bills stripping court jurisdiction over topics ranging from school prayer and busing to abortion as hypotheticals, to practice students on trying to figure out exactly what constitutional powers Congress had over the federal courts.
In the 1990s, however, the hypothetical became real. Congress enacted sharp limits relating to the courts' jurisdiction over immigration. Soon thereafter, a majority of the Supreme Court read the terms of the statute narrowly, concluding that when Congress had not used clear and plain language in the text of a statute cutting off all routes to courts, their doors remained ajar.
The 2005 Detainee Treatment Act now presents the next case: The Supreme Court could lower the stakes for everyone if it continues its pattern of insisting that, if and when Congress wants to raise the breathtaking question of the outer boundaries of its own power to close courthouse doors, Congress has to make that clear in the text of its statutes. The DTA does not explicitly address the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction, nor did Congress find in the DTA that rebellion, invasion, and public safety require suspending the writ of habeas corpus. The ambiguities in the DTA itself could thus stave off having to decide definitively a question that Congress, the courts, and the Executive have avoided for over 200 years: by answering the puzzle of exactly how much control Congress has over the judiciary through finding that a door remains ajar.